Marupadi

Marupadi
Marupadi
	DVD cover
Soundtrack album by M. Jayachandran
Released	21 November 2016
Genre	Feature film Soundtrack
Length	12:38
Language	Malayalam
Label	Millennium audios
M. Jayachandran chronology

Marupadi
Marupadi
	Theatrical release poster
	മറുപടി
Directed by	V.M. Vinu
Written by	Julaina Ashraf
Screenplay by	Julaina Ashraf
Produced by	Ashraf Bedi
Starring	Rahman; Bhama; Nayanthara Chakravarthy; Janardhanan; Shivaji Guruvayoor; Arjun Nandhakumar; Valsala Menon; Krishna Kumar
Cinematography	Venugopal Madathil
Edited by	KR Midhun
Music by	M. Jayachandran; Score:; Gopi Sundar
Production; company	Bedi Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Ullattil Visual Media
Release date	9 December 2016;
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Marupadi (English: Reply) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written by Juliana Ashraf and directed by V.M. Vinu. It stars Rahman, Bhama and Baby Nayanthra in the lead roles. The film is produced by Ashraf Bedi under the banner of Bedi Motion Pictures. The film was released on 9 December 2016.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

The film is based on a real life incident which took place in North India and it portrays the story of a family which is permanently chased by the law and power. The film is centered around the family of Aby (Rahman), a bank employee, his spouse Sara (Bhama), an orphan and their teenaged daughter Riya (). While leading a peaceful life, Aby gets a punishment transfer to Kolkata due to some issues in the bank he worked. On their journey to the new residence at Kolkata, the anti-narcotic squad finds some drugs in their car, which led them to jail, where Sara and Riya faces sexual onsets from the police officers and inmates.^[3]^[4] The film points finger against the prevailing social and legal systems which makes the life of innocent people tragic. Moreover, it picturize the pathetic conditions of women and children in the present day society.^[5]^[6]

Cast[]

Rahman as Aby/Abraham
Bhama as Sara Elizabeth (Aby's wife)
Nayanthara Chakravarthy as Riya (Aby's daughter)
Santosh Keezhattoor as Aby's friend
Tessa Joseph
Anu Sithara
Janardhanan
Shivaji Guruvayoor
Arjun Nandhakumar as Vijay
Valsala Menon
Srinda Ashab
M.G. Sasi
Sudip Mukherjee
Krishna Kumar
Devan
Meenakshi

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack for the film was composed by M. Jayachandran and the background score was scored by Gopi Sundar, with lyrics penned by Rafeeq Ahamed.^[1]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by M. Jayachandran.

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Ee Poovithal"	M. Jayachandran	3:59
2.	"Melle Vannupoyi"	Varsha Vinu	4:25
3.	"Ponjilanji Chottile"	Shweta Mohan	4:14
Total length:			12:38

Critical reception[]

K.R. Rejeesh for Nowrunning commented, "Marupadi is an aimless and poor attempt to convey a message using overdose of family sentiments. This clichéd film hardly makes an impact on audience owing to a half-baked plot". He rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars.^[7] Deepa Soman for The Times of India stated, "With its fair share of pitfalls and loopholes, our legal justice system has been existing in our midst, to make important decisions on people lives, for long. When women are at its receiving end, the system gets a lot more skewed. Marupadi, a film by V.M. Vinu, typifies such a frightful situation, demanding some scary answers and solutions if any".^[4] rated the movie 3 out of 5.^[8]